St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-29

district bench uphold up the scheme
for the purpose of securing a Judgeshfp,
While a great crowd of politicians solicitouS
*:
LEGISLATIVE FAME
would exert themselves for Reed in order
to remove some lawyer standing in the
way" 1t was generally argued that Judge
Reeds chances were fiattering for the Sena-
rOi.ship, feeling that is shared by many of
ihe state officers. One of the group men
toned above was Representative Finn, of
Taylor county, who was returning home
from a visit to the Ice Carnival at ST. Paul.
He talked openly and freely about the SEN
atorEal situation. Gould be convinced, y
SaiG he THAT Senator Wilson is sincere in
his professions of anti-monopoly, l would
regard it pleasure to support him for re-
election to the senate. but [ very much fear
his recent expressions in that direction are
mere lip service. He is in the habit OF
making sextennial attacks upon the corpor-
atoms, but it is notic eabe fact that these
FEROCIoUs CRITICISMS
are always made just previous to senator
ial election, and after that important event
are not heard again for period of six
q
repeated receptions, and if the expression
of people with whom | have come in con
tact is any criterion, the days of Senator
Wilson as a senator are drawing to a close
L do not believe he can be elected again."
Mr.. Finn represents the extreme ant-mo-
nopoly element of the Republican party in
Iowa, which is quite strong faction in
sumo parts of the state. He was one of
The most influential leaders in the great
popular uprising in the Eighth congress
sloual district in which Congressman Hep
ourn, the acknowledged leader of the Iowa
delegation, was overwhelmingly defeated.
Hepburn eSpoused the original Cullom rail
Way bill, advocating it on the stump and
Senator Wilson made dozen speeches in
his district in defense of the same policy,
wttile Anderson,
THE INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE
advocated the Reagan bill. Where Hep
burn had received 2, 800 majority two years
before, he was this time defeated by over
1000 votes Since hearing from the result
W iiSon has become all enthusiastic anti
MotopollSt. While it seems that his new
departure has won him no support from the
antl-corpOratiOn advocates, it has alienated
considerable element which could have
been counted on had he renamed silent
mere is now an apparently concerted
movement among the managers of certain
powerful faction to drop Wilson and work
up sentiment in favor of sending union
soldier to succeed him. and when this eX-
pected sentiment materiaiiZeS in sufficient
quantities, the scheme is to spring Hep
burns name and attempt to run HIM in
with grand hUrrah. Thus it will be seen
wilson is between the two fires of the mo-
n0E0listc and anti-monOpoliStS, with very
slender chances OF surviving an attack from
BOTH SO it may be said the senatorial sit
iiaion in Iowa is decidedly mixed, with
promises of assuming a still more singular
AID interesting phase i'll the near future
TRUMP CARD
The Division OF Otter Tail County
TO be Prevented by the Building OF
Railroad.
Special to the Globe.
PERHAM, MIMI. Jan, 2S.-The friends
o. the scheme to divide Otter Tail county
nave met with such decided opposition that
they are contemplating a change of base
which may, after all, give them what they
want-a county seat OF their own. 1t has
not been "Sprung' yet and the
GLOBE is the first to give
it publicity. The former plan of
the diviSlonists was to divide the county
iuto four nearly equal counties, making
county seats out of Perham, Fergus Falls,
Pelican RapIds and Hennlng The new
idea is to cut the old county into three new
ones, dividing the towns which were to
compose Pelican Rapids county about
EQUALLY between Fergus Falls and
ferham, and leaving "Henning county" as
1t was originally planned. 1hls is a move
which cannot be SO consistently opposed
by the Otter Tail county delegation in the
legislature, and it is said to be creating
much alarm in Fergus Falls. The leading
citizens Of that place are therefore getting
ready to play their trump card against the
whole division scheme, i. e., a new railroad
10 connect Perham and Fergus. With
direct communication between the two
points.
THE GREAT ARG UMENT
OF the divisionists Inconvenience of getting
10 the county seat would be answered.
Some OF our citizens who were III Fergus
Falls Tuesday report that all the Leading
men OF that Town are at work helping to
form the new road. it is to be exploited as
the long-wished-f Chicago outlet
OF Fergus tails. and is 10 connect
Duluth. Fergus Falls, Elbow Lake and Ap-
pleton or some other point Oh the Fargo
southern. Its real terminus, however, Will
be Perham on the north, and probably APP
pleton on the south. Among The lncorpor-
ators are .. e. Chase. j. B. Cutter,
b. b. Corliss, carroll L. Gray,
Jacob AUSTIN, j. A. Brown, +. e.
Barrows, W. j. Holmes, G.. ID.
Wright. Judge NJ. r. Tyler, and commit
tee Is now at DCluth trying to interest TWO
OF three capitalists there IN the scheme
Two OF three Perham men VIII also be
among the incorporaUorS, and probably also
III the directory, which has not
vet been selected. The new road
IS to be graded at least during
1887, and probably ironed. 1t seems
large enterprise to checkmate sectional
plan of county division, but probably this
is not the only benefit that Fergus Falls
hopes TO derive from it.
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